Esther 6

1 That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.

2 And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

3 The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king’s attendants.

4 “Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.

5 So the king’s attendants answered him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” “Bring him in,” ordered the king.

6 Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?”

7 And Haman told the king, “For the man whom the king is delighted to honor,

8 have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.

9 Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”

10 “Hurry,” said the king to Haman, “and do just as you proposed. Take the robe and the horse to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have suggested.”

11 So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”

12 Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.

13 Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”

14 While they were still speaking with Haman, the king’s eunuchs arrived and rushed him to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

1 ¶ On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

3 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.

4 ¶ And the king said, Who [is] in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

5 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?

7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,

8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the king [useth] to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:

9 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man [withal] whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, [and] take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.

11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

12 ¶ And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.

13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every [thing] that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai [be] of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

14 And while they [were] yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.

1 That night the king could not sleep, and commanded the chronicles and the histories to be brought. Then they were read before the king,

2 And it came to pass, when it was written, as Mordecai had said, that the king's two chamberlains, Bigthan and Theres, which kept the threshold, had sought to lay hands on Ahasuerus the king.

3 And the king said, What honour and good have we done unto Mordecai? Then said the king's boys that ministered unto him: Nothing hath happened unto him.

4 And the king said, Who is in the court? (For Haman was gone into the court, without the king's house, to tell the king to hang Mordecai upon the tree which he had prepared for him).

5 And the king's sons said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

6 And when Haman was come in, the king said unto him, What shall be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour? And Haman said in his heart, To whom else would the king delight to do honour, but to me?

7 And Haman said unto the king: The man the king was pleased to honor,

8 Bring the king's royal robes, which the king is accustomed to wear, and the horse on which the king rides, and put the royal crown upon his head.

9 And they shall give such a garment and such a horse into the hand of one of the king's princes, that he may put on the man whom the king delighteth to honour; and they shall bring him on the horse into the streets of the city, and shall call before him, saying, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

10 And the king said unto Haman, Make haste, and take the garment and the horse, as thou hast said, and do so unto Mordecai the Jew, which sitteth at the king's gate; and let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.

11 And Haman took the robe and the horse, and dressed Mordecai, and led him into the streets of the city, and cried before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

12 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. And Haman hasted home, bearing sorrow with his head covered.

13 And he told his wife Zeresh, and his friends, all that he had met with. And his wise men and Zeresh his wife said unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou art lifted up to fall, thou canst not do any thing by him, but thou shalt fall before him.

14 And while they yet talked with him, the king's chamberlains came, and bade Haman come to the supper which Esther had prepared.